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The Shuttle is back at Pad 39B. Details to follow.

Atlantis Launch Pushed Back Again - Date TBD; 10AM Briefing; Hurricane Prompts Rollback. NASA Reports:

Atlantis Launch Postponed As Ernesto Nears
NASA mission managers Monday morning decided to scrub Tuesday’s scheduled launch attempt of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Preliminary preparations are also under way to roll the orbiter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, although no final decision has been made to allow for possible changes in Tropical Storm Ernesto’s track. That decision is expected by midday Tuesday.

NASA’s lighted launch window extends to Sept. 13, but mission managers are hoping to launch by Sept. 7 to avoid a conflict with a Russian Soyuz rocket also bound for the International Space Station. Officials are talking with our Russian partners about the issue.

More details will be available at a 10 a.m. EDT briefing, which will be live on NASA Television.
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